India's largest luxury car maker, Mercedes-Benz India re-affirmed its commitment to strengthen the development of advanced technical skill-set amongst the youth who want to pursue a career in the automotive service industry. The company today inaugurated the unique ‘Advanced Auto Body Repair Training Centre' in association with Don Bosco ITI, Chinchwad.

The Training Centre is aimed at equipping ambitious youngsters with advanced technical skill-sets enabling them to pursue a successful career in the highly competitive automotive service sector.

The inauguration of the Advanced Auto Body Repair Centre will also give a significant boost to the demand of highly skilled and technically adept manpower, which can play a crucial role in bringing service excellence to the service sector of the automotive industry.

The centre was jointly inaugurated by Roland Folger, Managing Director, Mercedes-Benz India and Fr. Godfrey D'souza, Salesian Provincial, Mumbai - in the presence of Santosh Iyer, Vice President, After-Sales & Retail Training, Mercedes-Benz India and Fr. Corils Gonsalves, Director Don Bosco Private ITI in Chinchwad today.

The selected candidates will get an opportunity to hone their technical skill sets with the help of the latest equipment including a Mercedes-Benz car provided by the company. This one-of-its-kind course identifies itself with the vision of "Skill India" which aims at utilizing the youth demographics and create skilled workers at this Training Centre. Mercedes-Benz India has spent a total of INR 26.5 million on the project.

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